Kwamina (album)

1961 studio album by Billy Taylor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kwamina is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor featuring jazz interpretations of compositions from the Broadway musical Kwamina written by Richard Adler which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Mercury label.[1]

Released1961
RecordedSeptember 12–14, 1961
New York City
GenreJazz
Length32:41
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Kwamina
Studio album by
Billy Taylor
Released1961
RecordedSeptember 12–14, 1961
New York City
GenreJazz
Length32:41
LabelMercury
MG 20654
Billy Taylor chronology
Interlude
(1961)		 Kwamina
(1961)		 Impromptu
(1962)
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The album was recorded about a month before Kwamina premiered on Broadway, while it was still in tryouts in Toronto. The song "Happy Is the Cricket" was subsequently cut from the show, but a version of this song is nevertheless included on the album.

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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "the music never seriously grabs the listener's attention, though the musicians are playing up to the level one expects of them. Serious Billy Taylor fans will undoubtedly still want to search for this obscure, long unavailable record".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Richard Adler

  1. "Something Big" - 3:36
  2. "I'm Seeing Rainbows" - 2:54
  3. "Ordinary People" - 4:21
  4. "The Cocoa Bean Song" - 3:12
  5. "What's Wrong With Me" - 2:53
  6. "Nothing More to Look Forward To" - 4:34
  7. "Another Time, Another Place" - 3:40
  8. "Happy Is the Cricket" - 4:23
  9. "Sun Is Beginning to Crow" - 3:08

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